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What lesson from the Macedonian conquest of Greece, played out directly when we played the card game?
Has the United States ever fit the definition of an empire? Does it still fit the definition of an empire?
WARM UP
SPQR
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
Hegemony is the authority given to (consent) and taken by (coercion) a king, emperor, or any ruling body from the people that they govern.
HEGEMONY
Phases of Roman Civilization
LongevityStabilityUbiquity
Inevitable Collapse?
THE LONG ROAD TO ROME
Tiber River ValleyThe Seven Hills
of RomeStrategic defense
Origin StoriesMythicalRealistic
ROMAN ORIGINS
STRUCTURE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Patricians Plebeians
Senate Tribunes
Consuls
Dictator
VOTE VOTE
VOTE
Roman LawTwelve Tables
Roman Class StructurePatriciansPlebeiansSlaves
Roman MilitaryLegions & Generals
STRUCTURE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Origins Expansion Trade
First Punic War Sicily
Second Punic War Hannibal Barca
Third Punic War Destruction of
Carthage Transition to Empire?
THE PUNIC WARS
PrecedentMarius & Sulla
DictatorshipThe First Triumvirate
Julius CaesarCesarean Reforms
Assassination of Caesar
FALL OF THE REPUBLIC
Ascension of Augustus
Preservation of Roman Institutions
The Pax Romana
RISE OF THE EMPIRE
Quite a Lot Actually
WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS EVER DONE
FOR US?
Jesus of NazarethSocial Justice
Roman ReactionAugustus, Son of God
Paul the ApostleRoman Citizenship
Emperor Constantine
CHRISTIANITY
Crisis of the Third CenturyDiocletianTetrachy
Expansion and Collapse
EXPANSION OF ROME
Expansion1. Increase in cost of administration
2. Increase in taxes to pay for military
3. Inflation
INFLATION
POOR LEADERSHIP
THE FIVE GOOD
EMPERORS
NOT SO GOOD
EMPERORS
Population growthNeed for more
soldiersMercenaries
LOYALTY OF TROOPS
Sacking a CityVandals & VisigothsAttila the Hun
“Barbarians”
SACK OF ROME